On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:28 AM, tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> wrote: > Commit-ID: 01ca9fd41d6f2ad796a6b109b5253e06b6ae6dc7 > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/01ca9fd41d6f2ad796a6b109b5253e06b6ae6dc7 > Author: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> > AuthorDate: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:38:03 +0200 > Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> > CommitDate: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:48:32 -0300 > > tools: Add err.h with ERR_PTR PTR_ERR interface > > Adding part of the kernel's <linux/err.h> interface: > > inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error); > inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr); > inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr); > > It will be used to propagate error through pointers in following > patches. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Raphael Beamonte <[email protected]> > Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> > Cc: Matt Fleming <[email protected]> > Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> > Link: > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] > Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Hi. This patch appears to have introduced a build error on CentOS 6.7 with GCC 4.4. This build error occurs on next-20150921. CC util/evlist.o cc1: warnings being treated as errors In file included from util/evlist.c:28: tools/include/linux/err.h: In function ‘ERR_PTR’: tools/include/linux/err.h:34: error: declaration of ‘error’ shadows a global declaration util/util.h:135: error: shadowed declaration is here $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Cheers, Vinson -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

